(a) What is a specific tax? (2 marks) (b) Explain with the aid of diagrams, the effects of specific tax on a commodity that has a: (i) perfectly elastic dem...

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(a) What is a specific tax? (2 marks)

(b) Explain with the aid of diagrams, the effects of specific tax on a commodity that has a:
(i) perfectly elastic demand; (6 marks)
(ii) perfectly inelastic demand

(c) State two differences between a direct tax and and an indirect tax. (6 marks)